Weekend Plans: 12/29-1/1End the year in style, then ring 2017 in right!

By Kimberly Uslin

THURSDAY 29

Theater: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Why are all the D’Ysquiths dying? Find out in this production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, winner of the 2014 Tony Award for Best Musical. Follow Monty Navarro in his macabre quest of jumping the line of succession to inherit a family fortune and become the next Earl of Highhurst. Die with laughter from comedic execution—it’s simply out of this world. (And read our review here!)Tickets: $20-$132. Dec. 27-Jan. 1 at the Hippodrome.

Show: Laser Light Show
A festive twist on a laser light show, this event is sure to spice up your Chanukah with a dazzling display and the lighting of a giant menorah. From a single jar of oil to a ton of laser beams, this event combines the best of Jewish tradition with awe-inspiring modern technology.Tickets: $10-$13. 7 p.m. at the Gordon Center.

SATURDAY 31

Event: New Year’s Eve
To say 2016 has been tumultuous would be extreme understatement. A refresher: The year saw a takeover by the Oregon Militia, Brexit, numerous national tragedies, Zika, Pokémon Go, countless celebrity deaths and the most insane Presidential election campaign to date, plus some truly bizarre moments in pop culture (#Kanye2020?). Celebrate the end of it all with some good, clean fun at Baltimore’s New Year’s Eve Spectacular. Super Bueno will be performing party tunes in the hours leading up to the ’16-’17 switch, followed by fab fireworks over the harbor—and an auld lang sigh of relief.Free at the Inner Harbor.